A good start to Swift’s new series on British Prime Ministers, this book reviews the Churchill saga with useful commentary on such issues as political control of the military and the virtues and pitfalls of consistency in politics. Churchill’s mantra of “One Nation Conservatism,” Caddick-Adams argues, was akin to his father’s “Tory Democracy.” The post “Britain’s Greatest Knight”: A Brief Life by Peter Caddick-Adams appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Churchill’s hatred of Communism is well-known, but he never saw Soviet Russia, and later Communist China, in the same light as Nazi Germany, which he considered beyond negotiations. But Tucker-Jones veers into historical swampland by asserting that Churchill's 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech at Fulton, Missouri, was "paradoxical," if not “hypercritical,” since Churchill claims “sold out” Eastern Europe well before Yalta. The post Anthony Tucker-Jones on the Selling Out of Eastern Eur...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Being out of office was not altogether debilitating. Churchill had more time to write and to earn money, which he always needed. He wrote extensively for four newspapers, and began research for what would be his greatest biography, “Marlborough: His Life and Times.” He published two other books and countless articles, while entertaining guests as varied as film star Charlie Chaplin and suffragette Christabel Pankhurst. The post The Churchill Day Book for 1931 appeared first on The Churchi...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Overall, this book adds little to corpus of Churchillian historiography. Factual errors and unsubstantiated or exaggerated references are particular problems. This book is neither another Churchill polemic nor a woke propaganda piece, but there are better accounts of the Battle of Britain (linked herein). All of them provide more accurate reading. The post Martin Dugard Focuses on the London Blitz (Again) appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College